'Senior moments' could be Alzheimer's sign

The Chicago Sun-Times reports:

A study found that in a disturbing number of cases, embarrassing ''senior moments'' such as forgetting a recent conversation or drawing a blank on someone's name might really be a sign of Alzheimer's after all.

Chicago scientists reached that conclusion after autopsies on the brains of 134 older people who had appeared to be mentally normal, apart from some subtle forgetfulness.

Occasional forgetfulness is often written off as a normal part of growing old and nothing to get alarmed about. And in most cases, that is probably true.

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